Turbine water-wheel.



No. 856,949. PATENTED JUNE 11, 1907.

A. GIESLBR.

TURBINE WATER WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED HAY 31,1905.

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A. GIESLER.

TURBINE WATER WHEEL.

APPLIUATIOH FILED HAY 31,1906.

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110,856,949. PATENTED JUNE 11, 1907.

' A. GIESLER.

TURBINE WATER WHEEL.

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U ETEZQ iifit'iiii'iti tlli lfi lilili. Oi DAYTON, Oillt), ASSIGXUN 'lt) Tlll tliii'lT I t Specification of Letters Patent.

1% Cit] a REll NE Wit'iEiQ -WH EELn Patented June 11, 1907'.

'i i filed May 31, 1905. Serial No, 263,075.

Be it ltnown that l t-tu'rzn'n tiucsriicn. a eitizen ot' the tnited States. residing at {hivton. in the ioumy ol' .\l:ml[tilll l ittltl State at Ohio, have invented eerlnin new and useful .lmprovements in Turhine ii'aier-ltheels; and i do derlare the 'l'olliim'ing to he a lull clear, and exaet deseription ot' the invention, sueh as will enahle others skilled in the art to whieh it a 'ipertains to malte and nsethesame. re'l'm'enee being had to the areompanying drnwinejs and to the letters and figures .il' relerenee marked thereon. wnieh l'orni a part of this speeiiieation.

This invention relates to improvements in turhine water wheel eonstruetion.

As preliminary to a d seriptien ol the invention. it may he stat d that there are two well known ways for startine; and stopping; The lirst eonsti'ui-tion is called the eylindei gate wheel, in whiz'h the wheel is started and stopped tltHiZtijflI a gate the turbine wheel.

This is the most eommon and a ehute ea e.

form and is only rel'z-rt'ed to herein {or (omeiondly, the other eonstrnetien I is eallt-d the swivel ente wheel in \\l!ltll th eylindi'ienl grate mid ehnte ease aie omit ed. 2t11 l.-'tli St1l.tLt((l ll1eret'or,isa eertam nnmher ol'indlvidual swivel plates, whleh hy' m y mg then: on their axes. guides the water imo the 1 wheel and at tne same time. w h-n moved tar enough one Way. will elose er hnt oil' the water ll'fllli the wheel. and moving the othtr way. will illow the wider to pass into the wheel and will e ade the water at. the same time as hel'ore stated. 'l n-t'e are a good many constructions to operate these dillerent; S\\'i\'(l: on a eertain wheel, hm the great dillieulty lltl'llt l ii' experieneed due to to.) much lost m tion in the operations ol' the swivels and this it' turn, is due to too many links and pins: and on the solidi-"reed type of swivels. whieh have no links oi pins the dilheulty is to get at the swivels l'oi: repairs on in to their being sulnnerged in the tinme or wheel housing;

"The present invention eonsists in a eonstrtution whirh enables the opelation of all the S\\'l"t is in unison through the least possible nuniher ol' parts. and at the the :issemhling ol all these'parts on the outside of the llume or wheel housing, whieh permits a thorough .lnhrieation, adjustment and same time,

t inspeetion ol the parts l'rom mo \nitsltle oi the wheel housing.

Plttttlttlg a detail tltst' l'lptltnl ol my invention, 'rel'erem-e is made to the aeeompat l l j nying drawings, of whieh 3 Figure l, is a vertieal mid-seetional eleva- 5 tion of ii water wheel system showing a single l wheel l ig. 2. is an end elevation. tip. I r is a sectional view with parts broken away. Fig. 4, is a detaehed detail view ol one ol' the irate swivels and its operating lever. Fig. 5, is a detail view of a. portion ol the ring showing the ()Pti'illiVt positions of t he rat 1' swivels. [n a detail deseription ol the invention; lsimilar rel'ermiee elniraeters indieate eorrel sponding parts. i des gnates a water wheel lhnne or hous- 1 in l a single water wheel with its runner mounted upon a shalt t, havingsnitahle hearings.

1 tl(. l fll:il(.\ the assembled parts ol a gate sw 'el, eaeh olwhieh eonsisls ol a stem I), to -the inner end ol whieh is attaehed a gate or vsne ii. and to the outer ends ol' whieh is attaehed. a l ver r The stems (i are extended on the omside ol' the wheel housing, and upon these extended stems, the osuillaling arms or levers are lil\'(\\'l t= eonneeted to said stems on the outside olthe wheel housing The tree ends ol vsaid levers e terminate, in straight pnrallel sides which engage parts pres ntly speeilied and through \vhieh parts the gates /i are operated.

The gates or vanes l1 eontrol the admission of water to the wheel runner i as shown in Fig. I). llaeh assemhled pieee to--wit. the gates 11. stems l/ and lever eonstitutes a eomplete gate swivel any numlier of whieh may lie employed which may he lonnd necessary lor thedesired size ol' wheel; it lit--- ing only neeessary to eonneet the end ul of the lever to a moving meehmiism. This moving merhanism in the present ease.eo1isist ol :1 ring e whieh lies on the outside ol. the wheel honsingand is movihlein aeireuhn' path hy any suitable means.

in Fig. 2, the ring r is operated from a. governor through a pinion 1) whioh engages with a segment gear i on an arm I whieh is tixed to a shalt (1-. The said shaft 6 has a ltit'litl' or douhle lever ll and ii whit-h earry connecting rods .1: and l, whirh are pivoted to opposite points of the ring e. For each LII (if the lever 1:.

of the swivel levers 0, there is prnvitleft circular hushingf in the tinge, Stlil bushings f0 eiating in theii' seats the ring moves. The seats for said bushings are eoimteihoied in the ring n. i \1 The hushin s {have each a square openiiw C i. C in their outer sides which receive the ends (1 The ends at saiil levers are shaped with the parallel straight sitles hereinbefo're referred t0 which engage the similar sides of the OI'D'QDlIigFl insitii'l bushings. By this connection, the wearing surface of surfaces between the levers and the bushing are reduced to a minimum and uniformity which lIL Mes 2L durability between the parts and avoids any lost motion between the movements of the ring r? and the gates, And further, owin to the connectimiis between the levers and the lHlSlllDQJS heihg (iisti'ihlit-8d tiiiOUgilOUt the parallel sides of the levers lying within the openings in the husir ings, and threugheut the MljilPPllhShiPS of minimum By imparting movement to the 211w to am boxes A' are provided in the Wheel cover Having described-my invention, 1 claim: in a water wheel, a series of gates mounted upon pins, said pins cxtending pn the outer side of the Wheel casing, an actuating I'in lying on the outer side of the Wheel casing, 51 series of oscillating arms or levers connected upon the exposed ends vof the gate pins, the ends of said arms terminating in straight pmrallel sides, and a series of oscillating bushings mounted in sit-id actuating ring, said bushings Ewing openings in their exposed ends to receive the ends 01 said levers substantially {1S specified.

in testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in presence of two Witnesses. ARTHUR GIESLER.

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